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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 43:, 1911i 0 Application tiled catcher 1918. Serial 1t 0. ltifltltt.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN Mnesn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Containers, or which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to containers, with a particular adaptation to paint, and the main object thereof is to provide, in comhination with a conventional can, a recaptacle for aportion of the contents of the can, after the latter has been opened, forming a component part of the can and portable therewith.

Paints vended in cans have a tendency to settle in the bottoms of the cans from lon standing in one position, leaving the liquid thinners at the top, and paint manufacturers in their printed instructions advise that a portion of the thinner be poured from the can to allow stirring oi the relatively thick remainder and, after an even consistency of the latter has been attained, the removed thinner may be gradually added during the continued stirring" of the paint until the original consistency is obtained by having all the removed thinner mixed thoroughly with the cans contents.

Almost invariably, upon opening a can of paint, the person opening it has no recep tacle for the thinner at his command and he must either lose time in searching for one or he must spill the thinner in his efi'ort to stir the contents of the can without first remov-= ing some of the thinner, and it was in order to overcome this loss of either time or material that my invention was conceived.

My invention is fully described in the ol lowing" specification, of which the accom. panying drawings "form a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which a Figure l is an elevation of a conventional paint can having a lrictionally held cover and provided with my invention, part of the can being shown in central vertical section' 2 is a view or the cover removed and. inverted, showing my invention in section ready for use; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the cover as of the rolled seam type, usually of thin metal adapted to be out as by means of a lmiiie or a can opener.

Referring to drawings, t represents a paint can of any desired form or size havlng acover 5 secured thereto in any manner which prevents leakage in transportation and guards against the admission of air to the can to prevent evaporation of the con tents.

Secured to the inner surface of the cover 5 is a normally dependent member 6 forming, with the cover 5 to which it is secured. a cup normally inverted, shown as cylin-- drical and of a smaller diameter than can l, and being shown as of materially less depth than the can.

When the cover 5 is detached from the can the member 6 is removed therewith and, after permitting the paint adhering thereto to drip into the can, the cover is reversed to carry the member 6 above the cover and thus adapt the member 6 and the portion of the cover inclosed thereby for use as a recap tacle tor a portion of the contents of the can and, in the stirring of the remainder oi the contents in the can, the thinner in the said receptacle may be gradually added to the thicker portion in the can until all of said thinner has. been mixed with the thicker portion of the contents of the can and said contents are now ready for use as contemplated by the paint manufacturer.

ll the now thoroughly mixed paint is to be used from the can, a portion of said paint may be poured into the receptacle 6, or said receptacle may be used by the painter to carry a relatively small amount oi paint, replenishing said receptacle from time to time from the larger can, the portion oi the cover outside of the member 6 serving a receiver for any paint which might be on the outside of the member 6 or which might be spilled from said member during, the or the paint therein.

The receptacle 6 serves a further purpose by permitting tinting a portion of the paint originally in the can l as for instance Where two shades of color are desired at one time; in other words, the functions of the can are doubled by means of my invention.

Further, in the rough handling. which paint cans are subject to, it frequently happens that the relatively thin cover shown in a Fig. 3 may be dented suiiiciently to strain the seam at its junction with the can 4% start a leak, but when my member 8 is used the cover is materially strengthened and this liability to injury to the cover correspondingly lessened.

lltlll ill) My invention is thoroughly practical, of great advantage to paint users occupies but little space in the can, and adds little to the weight or to the cost of the can, and I reserve the right to make the member 6 of any size or shape and to attach the same to the cover in any desired manner, and to use the same with any type of can for either paint or other material.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a paint can provided with a fiat cover free from projections on its outer face and provided recent? on its inner face adjacent the periphery with an annular inwardly bent portion serving to secure it on the can, and a short distance from the inwardly bent portion with a tubular member open at its inner end and spaced from the sides of the can, said tubular member being of considerable lengthand forming with the cover when removed a receptacle for holding aportion of the contents of the can and a drip receiver therefor.

JOHN MARSH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD O. HABERSAUK, CHARLES HABERSAUK. 

